ADDITIONS TO THE STATE MUSEUM DURING THE 



YEAR 1883. 



By Donation and Purchase. 



I. Botanical. 



I. By donation. 



Specimens of the garden wache, Atriplex hortensis, L. From Mrs. 

 S. M. Rust, Syracuse, N. Y. 



Specimens of Stellaria pubera, Mx. and Rhodora Canadensis, L. 

 From Mrs. I. B. Sampson, Albany, N. Y. 



Specimens of three fungi, Agaricus trullisatus, Ellis; Lenzites 

 betulina, Fr. and Geaster liygro netricus, Pers. From Mrs. C. M. 

 Ferry, Oneida, N. Y. 



Specimens of Herb Robert, Geranium Robertianum, L., with white 

 flowers. From F. W. Battershall, Clyde, N. Y. 



Specimens of ten species of fungi. From Professor W. G. Farlow, 

 Cambridge, Mass. 



Specimens of sixteen species of fungi. From A. B. Seymour, Cam- 

 bridge, Mass. 



Specimens of Oidium irregulare, Pk. From Wm. Treleose, Madi- 

 son, Wis. 



Double branch of tree, one growing through the other. From Del- 

 avan Manning, Glenn, Montgomery county, N. Y. 



II. Zoological. 



1. By donation. 



One hundred specimens of sea shells from Point de Galle, island of 

 Ceylon. From W. Stephen de Silva. 



Piece of a pine board from the roof of the Emmanuel Baptist 

 Church, mined by an insect — Xylocapa Virginica — the Virginia car- 

 penter bee. From Wm. S. Wheeler, Albany, N. Y. 



Australian bird. From Henry W. Koon, Poestenkill, Rensselaer 

 county, N. Y. 



Seven specimens of hawk eggs. From E. G. Nott, Buffalo, N". Y. 



Specimen of Florida gallinule, shot about ten miles south of Sche- 

 nectady. From Allen Dewitt Weaver, Albany, N. Y. 



A live specimen of green heron, from August Rode, Bethlehem, Al- 

 bany county, N. Y. 



2. By purchase. 

 Skeleton of Rorqualis borealis or Fin-back whale. 



